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2018 Offense Performance Thread

We haven't had one of these in a while, and it's surprising no one made one in the off season.

I just noticed how not good Thames was in his professional career. Why is he the hitting coach anyway? He was never a good hitter. Career high of 123 OPS+. Career average of .246/.309/.485/.895. In ten years he didn't play more than 110 games in a single season.

I guess it's not surprising virtually every (every?) hitter is performing below expectations this year. Then again, we have a very long history of having great hitters come over and turn into dead pull hitters with no average and/or hitters that can't adjust for their glaring weaknesses. Optimistic things will improve, especially certain individuals, but the long history of this trend is bothersome.

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On the flip side, it can be argued that there are a lot of bad players/athletes who turn out to be good/great coaches. In fact most good/great coaches, weren’t good players at all and especially not hall of famers.

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Q- Asked about his teams execution. "I'm all for it". John McKay...

I kind of expected Judge & Gardner to be doing what they are so far. Really no complaint from me toward them. I do kind of expect 99 to pick it up. Gardner is just getting old. I thought Andujar & Gleyber could hit which they are. Torres power though I didn't expect. Bird, El Gary, Mike Stanton, Didi I expected a lot more from. (But Bird was hurt so I'll give him some slack) Hicks is fools gold. I expected him to be mediocre....

There is still time for improvement. I wish they would bring up Clint & Drury and get rid of Walker who is useless now....

I don't know if its the hitting coach or not. Its not affecting Torres, Andujar or Romine although if he played more I would expect him to be exposed....

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These guys have collectively been dogs for the past few weeks. The RISP bloodbath is especially frustrating.

Most times in baseball you just have to wait it out if you believe in the talent/ability. Doesn't mean there haven't been more "shut the TV off and walk away" moments at the hands of this offense than I anticipated heading into the season.

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I love how the season is going but Sanchez acts like he is not even trying half the time at the plate. His defense is only good when he is hitting otherwise he should be batting 8th but for some reason Boone thinks he is still a top hitting catcher. Bat him 8th like all the rest of the catchers in the league who hit 200.

Yeah, our OBP is .330 and league average is .316. We're supposed to be above average. That's not the point. We're not supposed to be an 82 win team- and if anything, our offense is supposed to be way stronger than our pitching.

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Originally Posted by ThePinStripes

Yeah, our OBP is .330 and league average is .316. We're supposed to be above average. That's not the point. We're not supposed to be an 82 win team- and if anything, our offense is supposed to be way stronger than our pitching.

The Yankees lead the league in OPS, (3rd in OBP), and are 3rd in runs scored (playing 4 less games than the two teams above them). The Yankees aren't just above average, they are a top 3 offense and haven't even hit full stride.

Yeah, our OBP is .330 and league average is .316. We're supposed to be above average. That's not the point. We're not supposed to be an 82 win team- and if anything, our offense is supposed to be way stronger than our pitching.

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Originally Posted by smckdwn989

The Yankees lead the league in OPS, (3rd in OBP), and are 3rd in runs scored (playing 4 less games than the two teams above them). The Yankees aren't just above average, they are a top 3 offense and haven't even hit full stride.

Not hitting full stride is the concern.

And the two teams ahead of us in offense (where we are expected to be #1) are Boston and Houston- the two teams we will likely face in October. And they both have not only better ERA+ than us in the regular season, they're way ahead of us if you only look at #1-3 pitchers (October pitching).

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Originally Posted by ThePinStripes

Not hitting full stride is the concern.

And the two teams ahead of us in offense (where we are expected to be #1) are Boston and Houston- the two teams we will likely face in October. And they both have not only better ERA+ than us in the regular season, they're way ahead of us if you only look at #1-3 pitchers (October pitching).

Offense needs to pick up.

I'd argue this, but Kan_t pretty much gave you all the stats you need to see, the yankees aren't behing houston or boston in terms of runs per game or ops+.

Severino matches up against anyone, time will tell if we make a big splash and improve the rotation but we definitely have the edge when it comes to bullpen.